Suranne Jones! There’s a name we’ve not had the pleasure of writing about for a while. But that’s about to be remedied, as we have exciting news.
The bloody marvellous actress is joining forces again with one of British telly’s top drama writers, Sally Wainwright.
She has previously worked with Sally on ITV’s top cop drama Scott & Bailey (RIP! Sob!).
Sally’s also the creative brain behind BBC faves Last Tango In Paris and Happy Valley.
Earlier this month we revealed that the scribe was turning her attentions to a period drama.
The eight-episode drama, Gentleman Jack, is about diarist Anne Lister.
Sally has said her research for the new project is so detailed scripts are taking twice as long as normal to pen.
Arriving at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards in London recently, she said it has been a mammoth undertaking.
Congratulations to #SallyWainright, @BBCOne & the team behind #HappyValley
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